The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-09-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Especial Correspondence of THE HERALD. ]
WASHINGTON, ID. c., August 80, 1887.
DEAR HERALD: After spending sea-
son of rest in the quiet, peaceful shades
Of Hazel Green, and stopping over night
ia the city of the sparkling little Gem,
am again at the National Capital, where
statesmen bloom, flourish and fade
At the expense of the patience Of your
many readers | ask space in TIE HLR-
ALD-the harbinger of progress and
development--for few items from the
official residence of Big Knife.
1t is not surprising that Navajo"
should speak of his new home as "this
God forsaken country" after having left
the vine clad hills, the hospitab!e people,
the bright rosy checked lasses and chiv-
alrous intelligent lads Of the cold Ken
lucky home" for the land of the tawny
colored wards of the Republic. Navajo"
must have imbibed some of the bitterness
that prompted EX-congressman Bedford,
who in response to iii inquiry addressed
him by IN eminent legislator from Texas
as to his (B's) opinion of the Lone Star
State in general, replied that if he owned
Texas and sheol he would rent out the
former and live in the latter. But per
haps the Red Eagle of the Rockies"
did not know rs much about the climate
of sheol Us he did of Texas, or he might
have reasoned as Hamlet whether it is
better to bear the ills we have than TO
fly TO those we know not Of"
jim Bolford, as he was known repre-
scented portion of the Centennial State
in Congress ut time when a large part
of the Rep" were anxiouso of notoriety
and DESTROYS of fanIc--not made OF States
craft clay but moulded of what was then
known az eccentricity. Jim boosted of
u goodly share Of this ingredient and on
.iaany an occasion raised "stOrn" in
me galleries by one of his off hand speech
ts hot intended to advocate or oppose
any measure in particular, but ia re-
hinder that he was on deck and intended
% ride the ship of State to the port of
celebrities. After he and Ochltree had
become tho recognized notabcs " of the
House, Jim began to decline. Strong
drink was the cause. After his career
in Congress had ended he went back to
The State OF Denver to recuperate n brok
IN fortune and replenish the chapict of
laurels that had once been accorded him
So lawyer.
1t is a curious fact to note the tie of
brotherhood that binds Kcnturkians
when abroad. We are gregarous and
live as near together as possible We
occasionally fall out and fight mt home
but abroad we are non seyerablC friends.
There are four Kentuckians at one house
here, ]. S. johnson, w. A. Whitcomb,
G. S. Hazelrigg and myself, and not oc-
casionly, but frequently, our fraternal
tie is strengthened by others from the
corn cracker State dropping in. This j.
not an antipodal city, but 1t il Curious
tact that while you sleep at night we do
the same thing earlier in the day. Bed
time" does not come till NEAR the noon
uf night" partly from custom but gener-
ally by force Of circumstances. We had
the good luck (O TO locate near a railroad
depot and on line of street cars, so if
we were i'll need of somnambulizer the
loot of the engine whistle and the merry
tinkle of the car bells could afford us 4
good excuse for not retiring early. So we
have long time between the cessation
Of our daily toll till we can battle our
weary senses in the elixir vitea of Nor
pheus when the labors, tolls and corrod-
ing cares of life fly away on the iilmy
gossamers of restful, peaceful dreams of
pleasures gone or hoped for and never
realized. The time that intorvencs be-
tween these two lands Of care and rest
must be occupied to some good account.
so we, in order to "ill up" (this space Of
time), have organized club which has
not only aided us in passing away many
pleasant hours together, but has added
TO our intellectual status as we'll as tc
science. We claim priority in the dis,
covery Of natural gas, which at this time
IL the craze.
When write again will give you O
succinct history of the organization
growth and object of the Hour Club.
FRITZ EARL.
Wolfe County Democratic Primary